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Metric vs Imperial. Which?
We comment on a letter and the reply recently published in Which?, the magazine of the Consumers Association. Likes(16)Dislikes(4)
Posted in Consumer affairs, General, History, Technical
Tagged CRT, inches, metric, screen size, smartphone, TV
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A storm in a champagne glass
We look into the recent story that appeared on BBC TV about the possibility of champagne becoming available again in the UK in pint bottles. Likes(28)Dislikes(22)
Posted in Consumer affairs, General, Law
Tagged bottle, champagne, half bottle, magnum, pint
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Then and now
We take a look at a film from 1973 made with the aim introducing the metric system to the general public. Likes(23)Dislikes(46)
Posted in Consumer affairs, Education, General, History
Tagged "Simply Metric", metric, metrication, muddle, UK, UK Metrication Board
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Diaries, and a glimpse into the past
Many of us have probably bought a diary for 2018 recently. Ronnie Cohen takes a look at the conversion tables found at the front of many sold in the UK. Likes(20)Dislikes(44)
Posted in Consumer affairs, History, Technical
Tagged conversion, conversions, diary, factor, factors, imperial, metric, obsolete, unit, units
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Alpine DIY and the generation gap
Happy New Year to all our readers. In this article, the Editor explains the reason for the absence of new posts on MV in recent weeks. This leads to a discussion of a issue that few of us, perhaps, have … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer affairs, Education, General, History, Views from abroad
Tagged cm, DIY, France, French, measurement units, metric, Metric Sense, metrication, mm
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New Internationalist, a metric role model for the British media
Back after our summer break, Metric Views is happy to publicize a periodical that might have escaped our readers’ attention in recent years. Ronnie Cohen explains. Likes(13)Dislikes(9)
Posted in Consumer affairs, General, Media
Tagged British, magazine, measurement units, media, metric, New Internationalist, newspapers, publication
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Do we sacrifice consistency and clarity for the sake of convention?
We are familiar with size numbers for shoes, hats, dresses and so on. Ronnie Cohen looks at the convention for screen sizes based on inches and asks if this really makes sense. Likes(12)Dislikes(18)
Posted in Consumer affairs, General, Media
Tagged Apple, article, centimetres, inches, laptop, Microsoft, screen, size, size number
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Does metric-only labelling require changes to package sizes?
An argument made against metric-only labelling in the US is that manufacturers would need to change packaging to rational metric sizes. Ronnie Cohen looks at the UK’s experience over the past 50 years. Likes(11)Dislikes(0)
Posted in Consumer affairs, Education, General, Myths
Tagged conversion, hard, labelling, labels, metric, metric-only, metrication, myths, package, products, rational, sizes, soft, supplementary indications, US
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Straight bananas and the metric system – the EU legacy?
With Brexit still dominating the news, Ronnie Cohen looks at one of the biggest obstacles to completing our transition to the metric system: its perceived link to the European Union. Likes(11)Dislikes(1)
Posted in Consumer affairs, General, History, Law, Media, Myths
Tagged 1862, 1895, 1965, 1992, anti-EU, anti-metric, Britain, common market, decimalisation, EEC, EU, European Coal and Steel Community, European Union, europhobe, eurosceptic, euroscepticism, imperial, metric system, metrication, Metrication Programme, Select Committee, Single Market, standardisation, standards, transition, UK, weights and measures
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